N900 Custom Paint Job
 

Hi,

I'm interested in getting my N900 housing custom painted to a very shiny glossy white color.

But rather than messing with my original N900 housing, I thought
I would buy the white N900 housing from the link below and get it repainted to a smooth, shiny, premium white finish.


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Full-New-Facep...item3a65289927

What I want is all of the parts in the above link fully painted to a very shiny, glossy premium white colour, exactly like the piano black finish of the iPhone 4, but obviously in white, including the chrome bezel as well (god knows why its chrome?!). The only part I would like to remain un touched are the keyboard buttons, just leave them as they are in black, would be a nice contrast imo and also too difficult to paint. (Paint the white bit around the keyboard buttons for sure! Just not the buttons themselves!)


Does anyone know of any places or websites who's services I can hire to do this for me? Or does anyone on this forum have the skills to do such a job as this?

I will obviously glady pay for the services, enough so that the cost of materials are covered and the individual or company involved can make a decent profit as well.

I plan on keeping my N900 for a very long time, so external customization is needed!

P.S Glossy white will look amazing with my tweaked Awoken Fusion iOS them! :D

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I'm sure someone you know who paints cars for a living can paint it for you. Or any paintshop can do it for easy cash :) just give them instructions which they should paint or not. or you can take it to an R/C shop, those that paint r/c cars and scale models. they can help too.

If it's any help lol I just painted my otterbox case hehe, someday i will also have someone paint the actual casing

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most people take them to an auto body shop. give it a try!

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yeah dude, post pics when you have it done. i'd been waiting for someone to paint an N900 for the longest time

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Alright I'll see what I can find and keep you guys updated

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a car shop will probably laugh @ U...

best bet is probably a hobby shop or like riceboy said an R/C shop

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I've contacted a few now, let's see their response. Maybe I will even go about it my self and test it out

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http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/20...ne-d36gwzx.jpg

This one I saw earlier:
http://j0hnmcclane.deviantart.com/gallery/28024536

These I also saw just now:
http://www.ecaseshop.com/advanced_se...ea1d70&x=0&y=0

I'd imagine the golden one would be an interesting choice for painting as it might introduce a "pearl effect"...
The chrome parts would have to be sanded with some really fine paper for painting though, but that shouldn't be too difficult, at least as those don't look like they introduce the transparent plastic covering the display?

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Kawasaki Green!!
This Colour: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j3uMRYY_jX...0/Kawasaki.jpg

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If you really want to trick out your case try to find someone who uses alsa. Most custom graphic shops for motorcycle helmets or airbrush guys would be a good place.

http://alsacorp.com/index.htm

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I was also thinking about sanding and polishing the screen metal rim. I shouldn't be too hard pecause when i was a kid we used to polish our mopeds engineblocks and cylinder heads.

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Hey, I've seen these links, these are the ones that I have and want repainted. As you can see, the white paint on the sides and back is very basic white.

So I want these exact cases repainted to a high quality premium glossy white colour.

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If you decide to try it please make a video while doing it if possible and post your results.

If you do it well, could I get my white housing delivered to you so you can sand the chrome off the metal bezel/rim?

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I have that white cover laying in the drawer, because it sucks, it is really cheap crappy plastic, it will make you N900 feel like a 5$ toy + the styles does not lock, so it will fall out

Best results will be to get it painted properly

Re: N900 Custom Paint Job
 

the white cover like the picture above is called flat white...to make it shiny & glossy looks of the white colour you just need to spray a clear coated on the white colour...
is kinda easy task to do it but remember not to spray it so thick or you will get a scratch lines after sliding the HW keyboard a few times...

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I'll have a try, got a few of these to experiment with.

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It's not the matte look im talking about, it's the feel, and no matter how much clear coat you apply it will not feel as good as the N900, seriously it really feels cheap.

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Yeh I agree with you there, it does feel quite cheap. I think if I can get hold of original housing, it might be better to repaint that.

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Consumer Advice regarding buying cover to paint

DON'T BUY THIS COVER, IT IS NOT GENUINE.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Seller talks about don't buy from others since they sell cheap copy's, Fu*king A**hole

This has been yet another consumer advice from frost :D